Third NA3 Intercomparison Workshop for Mobility Size Spectrometers

From:

14 June 2009

To:

26 June 2009

Place:

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT), Leizpig, Germany

Details:

The goal of the 3rd S/DMPS intercomparison workshop will be to solve existing deviations among the upgraded spectrometers during the workshop with respect to counting accuracy, sizing accuracy, shifting particle number distributions,and discrepancies between custom-made and IFT inversion algorithms.

The workshop will build on the results of the last 2008 workshop where most systems had been modified and harmonized according to EUSAAR standards, and it is planned to take place with a limited number of skilled participants.

All participants must be experienced with the operation of the mobility spectrometers, the data acquisition, and the inversion programme.

Workshop programme:

The preliminary agenda is as follows:

June 12	Instruments must arrive at IFT
June 14	Arrival of participants
June 15	CPC calibration day I, spectrometer set-up
June 16	CPC calibration day II
June 17	Spectrometer calibration part I
June 18-22	Spectrometer calibration part II
June 21-24	Discussion and data sessions
June 25	Departure, packing of instruments

You can download the detailed workshop programme here.

Transport of spectrometers:

Note that the instruments must arrive at IFT no later than June 12. For any problems related to instrument transport, please don't hesitate to contact Ali Wiedensohler or Ingolf Bernhardt. Depending on your place of origin, the following contact addresses should be used:

Contact address for participants from EU countries and Switzerland:

Ingolf Bernhardt, EUSAAR
LEIBNIZ-Institute fuer Troposphärenforschung
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig

Contact address for participants from non-EU countries (e.g., Norway):

Ingolf Bernhardt, EUSAAR
LEIBNIZ-Institute fuer Troposphärenforschung
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig

Notify address:
Agility Logistics GmbH
Frau Schaefer / Herr Schmidt
Wittenberger Strasse 9
04129 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 (0)341 904 55 53
[email protected] or [email protected]

Accommodation:

Those not having been able to get accommodation arranged via IfT, please check directly with one of the following hotels:

Hotel Novotel Leipzig, or http://www.novotel.com/de/hotel-1784-novotel-leipzig-city/index.shtml (latter is in German only)

Hotel Ibis Leipzig Zentrum

Seaside Park Hotel Leipzig **** .

or via the online Hotel reservation service.

Getting there and around:

German Railway

InterConnex train Berlin-Leipzig (cheaper than Germany Railway)

Local transport

For any other questions, please contact Ali Wiedensohler or Andi Nowak.